Garment bag



July 24, 1934. A. J. RASSENFOSS GARMENT BAG Filed Feb. 19. 1950 WWUHWPatented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The invention relatesto improvements in gar-' ment bags of the type having a central orificein the top for the protrusion of the suspending hook of a garmenthanger, the primary object of the invention being to provide improvedmeans for sealing said orifice and reinforcing the top of the bag.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in thecombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

The invention will be best understood by refence to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which Fig. 1 is a.front view of a bag embodying the invention showing the sealing means asprovided on the bag before sealing thereof, one of said sealing flapsbeing shown as folded back to exhibit the underlying parts;

Fig. 2 a similar view showing the bag sealed;

Fig. 3 a view showing the sealing means after one of the sealing flapshas been secured;

Fig. 4 a siimlar View showing the sealing fiap after the other sealingfiap has been secured; and Fig. 5 a view of the sealing stickerdetached.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises theusual tubular bag 10, preferably of paper or similar material, andhaving the usual fold or flap 11 at the bottom for sealing the sameafter the garment is inserted therein. The top of the bag is alsoprovided with the usual folded flaps 13 arranged as shown to provide acentral orifice l4 and a top edge 15 inclined or sloping downwardly ateach side of said orifice.

A sticker member 16, which is preferably made of cloth or other flexibletough material having adhesive on one face, is employed for sealing andreinforcing the upper edge of the bag. This sticker member may besubstantially in the form indicated in Fig. 5, having one portionfoldable along the line 17 and the other portion slitted at 18. The saidone portion of the sticker member 16 is folded along the line 17 andadhesively secured to both the front and the rear of the bag at one sideof the orifice 14 as indicated. By this arrangement, substantiallyone-half of the orifice 14 will be closed and sealing flaps 19 and20'provided for sealing the remaining portion of said orifice 14 afterthe hook 21 of the garment hanger is inserted as shown through theorifice 14. After this has been done, the flap 19 may be moistened andfolded over the corresponding top edge of the bag to close and seal theorifice 14. Then the the other sealing flap 20 is moistened and foldedover the flap 19 to further seal the orifice and reinforce the top ofthe bag. By this arrangement, a perfect seal is provided for the orifice14 and at the same time the top of the bag is rein- 69 forced. It willbe noted that the sticker member 16 is circular in form so that whencompletely utilized, as indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawing, a uniformcircular reinforcing sealing element is formed around the orifice in thebag, thereby providing an efiicient, durable, reinforcing, andornamental seal for the bag.

Ihe bottom of the bag is closed in the usual way by means of the fold orflap 11.

In this manner a garment bag is provided which is perfectly sealedagainst the entry of moths or the like and at the same time the top edgethereof is suitably reinforced.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise detailsdisclosed, but desire to avail my self of such variations andmodifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desiretorsecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment bag having a central orifice at its top; and a stickerhaving one portion folded over the top edge of said bag at one'side ofsaid orifice and there secured to said bag at both front and rear, theother portion of said sticker being slitted substantially in line withsaid fold to form fiaps arranged at front and rear of said orifice, therear flap being foldable over said top edge to be secured to the frontof the bag and the front fiap foldable over said top edge to be securedto the rear of the bag. 1

2. A' garment bag having a central orifice and a top edge inclineddownwardly each side from said orifice; and a sticker having one portionfolded over the top edge of said bag at one side of said orifice andthere secured to said bag at both front and rear, the other portion ofsaid sticker being slitted substantially in line with said fold to formflaps arranged at front and rear of said orifice, the rear flap beingfoldable over said top edge to be secured to the front of the bag andthe front flap foldable over said top edge to be secured to the rear ofthe bag.

3. A garment bag having a central orifice and a top edge inclineddownwardly each side from said orifice; and a sticker of substantiallycircular form provided with a radial slit at one side, said stickerhaving the other side folded over the top edge of said bag at one sideof said orifice and there adhesively secured to said bag at both frontand rear, the fold in said sticker being in substantial alinementwithsaid slit, said flaps being foldable over the top edges of said bag onthe other side of said orifice to be secured to the front and rear ofthe bag.

ALBERT J. RASSENFOSS.

